Bright v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case. The court found the following facts : I. The defendants, the United States, did not interpose any defense upon the trial, but appeared by counsel, and conceded that they had held and occupied the premises, and that the rent alleged to be due in the petition remains due either to the claimant Jesse D. Bright, or to the claimants Eusebius Hutch-ings and Alfred Harris. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case. The court found the following facts : I. The defendants, the United States, did not interpose any defense upon the trial, but appeared by counsel, and conceded that they had held and occupied the premises, and that the rent alleged to be due in the petition remains due either to the claimant Jesse D. Bright, or to the claimants Eusebius Hutch-ings and Alfred Harris. II. The parties, Hutchings and Harris, although notified that their claim had been transmitted for adjudication to this court by the Secretary of War and duly cited to appear and prosecute it,…
1Opinion of the CourtNott, J.
The claim in this case was transmitted to this court for adjudication by the Secretary of War under the Act 25th June, 1868, (15 Stat. L., p. 75, § 7.) The statement of the Secretary shows that the Government occupied certain premises, and that a certain amount of rent is due, but whether to the claimant; Jesse D. Bright, or to the claimants, Eusebius Hutchings and Alfred Harris, he was unable to determine.
*328The claimant, Jesse D. Bright, thereupon appeared in this court, filed his petition, and proceeded to prosecute his claim. Hutchings and Harris failed to appear, and a citation was issued…
2Cited by1 opinion
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